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• How to optimise your CSS code

  14 September 2007 by Clive Walker

  Code Beautifier is a useful website that optimises and formats CSS files. The website will take your style sheet file, remove whitespace, clean up style rules by removing unnecessary characters.

• dConstruct 07 reviewed

  11 September 2007 by Clive Walker

  Last week, I attended dConstruct 2007 which was a web conference in Brighton. I meant to write a review of the day immediately afterwards but regular work took over. Anyway, here are a few quick thoughts on this year’s dConstruct which had the theme of ‘Designing the User Experience’.

• Safari for Windows so far

  05 September 2007 by Clive Walker

  I downloaded Safari 3 beta for Windows when it first came out because I wanted to use it as part of my browser testing suite for website development. I have used it on and off since then and here are my impressions.

• Wireframing with CSS

  28 August 2007 by Clive Walker

  Wireframe prototyping is a useful method for illustrating the elements that comprise a website layout before the actual design is created. A website wireframe can provide a basis for discussion with clients and enable the web developer to confirm ideas about the placement of page elements, such as navigation, functionality, and content. It can be very useful as a starting point for your thinking process.

• Web standards in the bedroom?

  21 August 2007 by Clive Walker

  I came across the Noise to Signal website recently. The blog has some funny cartoons drawn by Rob Cottingham.

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• Future mobile

  15 August 2007 by Clive Walker

  Tom Hume from Future Platforms described 'The Gritty Realities of Founding a Software Company' at last night's £5App meeting in Brighton

• Mashing up RSS feeds with Textpattern

  09 August 2007 by Clive Walker

  Over the past few days, I have been investigating methods for combining RSS feeds from different sources and displaying the results.

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• Find unused CSS selectors with a Firefox add-on

  02 August 2007 by Clive Walker

  If you work on several websites at once (it sometime seems like I am doing this all the time) and/or if you inherit a website’s CSS development, it can be tricky to keep a track of your style sheet selectors. Which selectors are used and which have become redundant?

• How to get started in podcasting

  26 July 2007 by Clive Walker

  I don’t know much about podcasting but Andy White from Summit Solutions gave an excellent presentation at the Sussex Geek Dinner (on Upcoming) last night. Andy covered the podcasting basics including what podcasting is (a series of audio broadcasts delivered via RSS or similar), what microphone to buy, how not to speak into the wrong side of the microphone (always useful to know), and how to use the free sound editor, Audacity.

• Upcoming event planning

  16 July 2007 by Clive Walker

  I visit quite a few websites on a regular basis (or subscribe to their RSS feeds) but a website I am using more and more is Upcoming.